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Location and use of CPIO file on Unix for CCD upgrades.

We are looking to have the automatic download location of the CPIO files used by the CDU upgrades to be a selectable location or a field that we can populate in the job configuration. By default, (and we're not able to adjust) it is <installati...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 2 Planned for future release

Inflight API Response with all columns/fields which are visible under Inflight UI

Few Customers having the usecases like they need information from other columns for the Inflight API Response along with SenderID,ReceiverID,DocumentType and received time and sent time, because they need other info as well like Reference Number, ...
6 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 2 Planned for future release

Redirect HTTP to HTTPs in B2B REST API Service/ Enforce HTTPS-only connection

Currently, the B2B REST API is exposed with HTTP and HTTPS but the other connections and configurations from Sterling Integrator are configured with HTTP by default as Sterling Control Center or PEM. Unlike other Sterling B2B Integrator components...
11 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Planned for future release

Column Addition to Item_Usage Tables

Please add the following columns to Items_Usage Table 1) Add "Projd_Usg_Dte" - When a user populates the Forecast Calendar with values, we stamp the item record with the date of the projected demand entry, but without this date also being populate...
6 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Extend processcontrolcriterias CDWS web service in order to run simple transfers on-the-fly

Currently in CDWS the "processcontrolcriterias" web service allows to run Connect Direct transfers using processFile with path to *.cdp process file which must be present on the server prior to Connect Direct transfer execution. For simple transfe...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 1 Planned for future release

Work Queue Exclusion option for items in Workflow

Items that are currently routing for approval may carry over from one month to the next. It would be good to have the option to exclude items from wok queue if they are routing for approval.
almost 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Planned for future release

Planned Usage vs Actual Usage Accuracy

Ability to see how accurate projected demand is versus actual demand - on a item by item basis (possibly as a widget similar to Fcst Usage) but also on an aggregate Accuracy % for projected demand that is used in the system with ability to select ...
6 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Better Export Detail clarity

client had integration issues over the past 2 weeks and client could not readily discern what exports had reached their ERP. Export Mgmt widget is helpful - though lacks ability to export multiple batches or ability to download the list of batches...
6 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Enable user exits for the Connect Direct Server Adapter

The Connect Direct Server Adapter in B2B Integrator supports the Connect Direct transmissions protocol but does not support other Connect Direct features which are of value to our customers. If the CDSA could function more closely to a Connect:Dir...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 0 Planned for future release

CDWS - certificate-based authentication - CLIENT certificate differentiation

We use standard connection path for certificate-based authentication: CLIENT (for example curl command) -> CDWS (CD Web Services) -> CD (Connect Direct) Let's assume that: CLIENT uses client certificate with CNAME=cert1 CDWS server uses cert...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 1 Planned for future release